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Low Cost Waste Water
Desalination Systems (RDITM)
Patrick Curran, CEO
www.atlantis-water.com
“Enabling Responsible Energy Independence”
Oil & Gas Industries are Enormous
Salty Waste Water Generators
1 trillion gal/yr in US
Marcellus Shale Gas
80 billion gal/yr
Disposal Expensive: $2.50 - > $10.00/bbl
Solution: RDI Desalination
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$5.4 million Defense Department Investment
Super capacitor, removes any salt
8 Issued & pending patents since 2009.
Scalable to > 1,000 gpm
Modular design
Value Proposition
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40% - 70% lower cost of ownership
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Modular: Plug and Play into plant
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High Salinity: Up to 250,000 ppm
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Removes sulfates, hardness, metals
Up to 95% clean water recovered
Wide range of pH, AMD water
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Cost of Ownership
10,000 ppm, $/bbl
$/bbl
Atlantis RDI
$1.00
Brackish Water Reverse Osmosis
$0.80
Electro Dialysis
$0.60
$0.40
$0.20
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Depreciation
Maintenance
Harndess removal
Silica Removal
Cost Categories
Brine Disposal
Costs
Grand total
Cost of Ownership
75,000 ppm, $/bbl
$2.00
Atlantis RDI
$/bbl
$1.50
Brine Concentrator
$1.00
$0.50
$Energy
Depreciation
Maintenance
Harndess Removal
Silica Removal
Cost Categories
Brine Disposal Costs
Grand total
Cost of Ownership
250,000 ppm, $/bbl
$10.00
$9.00
Atlantis RDI
$8.00
$7.00
$/bbl
$6.00
Crystallizer
$5.00
$4.00
$3.00
$2.00
$1.00
$Depreciation
Operating costs
Cost Categories
Grand total
What is Radial Deionization?
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Clean Water
Super Capacitor
Shale Gas
Power Generation
Oil/Oil Sands
Acid Mine Drainage
Partner Traction
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8 issued & pending patents.
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2nd Place, 2011 Anaheim New Energy Technologies
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Winner, 2011 Tech Coast Angels Quick Pitch
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http://www.waterefficiency.net/WE/Articles/15580.aspx
Semi Finalist, 2012 Global Cleantech Open
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- http://www.uimonline.com/index/webapp-stories-action?id=598
Finalist, 2011 Imagine H2O Waste Water Bus. Plan
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- http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2011/10/11/atlantis-technologies-cleansup-at-angels-quick-pitch-competition/
Winner, 2011 American Water Summit “Idol” contest.
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- http://acnet-anaheim.net/about-acnet-clean-tech-competition
http://cleantechopen.com/app.cgi/content/home/index
Winner 2012 Artemis Most Promising Water Tech
Winner, Most Innovative Product, Clean Technology
Team Leaders
Patrick Curran: CEO, CTO
- BS Chemical Engineering, Drexel University
- 13 years wastewater experience
- 25 years of engineering & management, 2nd Startup
Mark Franzen: CFO
- BA Finance, CSU Northridge
- Raised over $200 million equity capital.
-CFO of 16 companies including 6 startups.
Robert Newton: P.E., Business Development Leader
- BS Chemical Engineering, Drexel University
- 28 years wastewater experience including
- ex-Global Marketing Director of Siemens. 2nd startup
Kelly Sarber: Business Development Leader, Investor Relations
- MBA, Harvard University, BA Economics, UCLA
- More than 30 years of waste and waste water business leadership.
- CEO, Strategic Managementt. 2nd startup.
Key Takeaways
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Technology works – $5.4MM DARPA, 1,000’s of tests
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Large & Growing Markets > $1.6 Bill/yr by 2016.
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Strong Intellectual Property – 8 Issued/pending patents
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High Profile Partners – Power, Oil/Gas, Water Treatment
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Experienced Team – CEO, CFO, Bizdev, Engs, Advisors